Harsimrat K Badal urges HM Amit Shah to order a CBI probe into the gruesome murder of Parvinder S Jhota (Also calls for a comprehensive probe into the politician-police drug trade nexus in Punjab) Chandigarh 19 October ( Ranjeet Singh Dhaliwal ) : Senior Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Harsimrat Kaur Badal today urged union home minister Amit Shah to order a CBI probe into the gruesome daylight murder of anti-drug crusader Parvinder Singh Jhota besides calling for a comprehensive investigation into the politician-police drug trade nexus in Punjab. In a letter to the home minister, the Bathinda MP highlighted how the slain anti- drug crusader’s father – Bhim Singh had given a statement to the police which was not being acted upon and demanded that all facets of the bereaved father’s statement be probed by the CBI. Harsimrat Badal said Bhim Singh had asserted in his statement that his son Parvinder Jhota had fallen victim to the politician – police nexus behind the drug trade in Punjab ...
Modi government should withdraw the decision to sell IDBI Bank : Comrade Sukhwinder Singh Sekhon
Chandigarh 19 October ( Ranjeet Singh Dhaliwal ) : A meeting of the State Secretariat of the Punjab State Committee of CPI (M), which was held under the Chairmanship of Comrade Major Singh Bhikhiwind, has strongly condemned the privatisation of IDBI Bank to Canada's Fairfax Financial Institution for Rs 53,000 crore by the Modi government at the center through a resolution. CPI (M) State Secretary Comrade Sukhwinder Singh Sekhon has said that the decision to privatise IDBI Bank has been taken under the fixed policy of giving Public Sector Banks in the hands of corporates.
After this, the government is also moving towards privatization of other government banks. With this decision of the government, the facilities being provided to the people at cheap rates through government banks will be lost. Alongwith this, the jobs, salaries, pensions and other service conditions of bank employees will be affected. Comrade Sekhon said that the Punjab unit of CPI(M) supports the struggle being waged by the employees of IDBI against the privatisation of the bank and demands the central government to withdraw the decision with immediate effect.
Comments
Post a Comment